Macron thanked the brave soul and said he would be made a naturalised citizen. Macron also said he would be given a role as a volunteer firefighter.

Noticing a small child dangling just out of reach of adult on the scene, Gassama managed to climb four floors with his bare hands at an impressive speed to reach the infant and potentially save his life.

Gassama took just seconds to reach the child in a rescue captured on film and viewed millions of times online.

Gassama told the French broadcaster BFMTV he reacted on instict when he saw the youngster in peril.

He said:

I did not think, I saved him. When I took him in my arms, I spoke with him and asked: ‘Why did you do that?

But he did not answer.

This is Mamoudou Gassama, a Malian immigrant meeting w/ French president Macron, as he was being offered a French citizenship and a job with the fire brigade.Mamoudou heroically saved a 4-yr old boy hanging off a balcony of a four storey building in Paris. Beauty of Selflessness. pic.twitter.com/SygVxonn7J